BOW'ELS, n. plu.
1. The intestines of an animal the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2.Cor 6:12.
2. The interior part of any thing as the bowels of the earth.
3. The seat of pity or kindness hence, tenderness, compassion, a scriptural sense.
Bowel, in the singular, is sometimes used for gut.
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